Welcome

Hello and welcome to our August e-bulletin.

The autumn is shaping up to be a busy season, with several events already planned and others in the pipeline, including our Annual Conference in early December. Note however that the Sustainable Transport: Beyond 2015 conference on 8 September in London organised by Gov Today appears to be cancelled, as the company has unfortunately gone into liquidation.

We have just launched a Membership Drive to gain 30 new members by the end of the year. Well, 29, now that UCL Transport Insitute joined today. We hope to entice you with our range of member benefits (details below) and look forward to hearing from you soon.

European Mobility Week (16-22 September) is coming up quickly, and we again urge you to get involved and register your plans/participation via the European Mobility Week website.

If you are an Act TravelWise member, we encourage you to send in your news, job postings and event listings for future issues of the monthly e-bulletin. Just email them by the end of the month. This is a free service, reaching nearly 4,000 people. Also send in any email addresses that you'd like added to our e-bulletin distribution list.

All of our own events are free for members sending one delegate, and our partners' events have discounted rates, as part of our effort to ensure that membership is excellent value for money. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events, such as the DfT Economic Appraisal Workshop on 21 September in Manchester and the Creating Better Places for People event on 30 September in Birmingham. Check out our website, acttravelwise.org, for updates.

Featured News

We have a lot to offer our members, from free exclusive events to free job postings in our monthly e-bulletin. We have active regional groups providing informal networking opportunities across the country, with more regions becoming active in the near future. We offer bespoke training opportunities for your employees in topics such as Personalised Travel Planning according to demand.

Join us today and see how we can help you be more effective in your work to promote sustainable travel.

Featured Event

Titled 'Creating Better Places for People: Lifestyles and Logistics', the third meeting of the UK SUMP Network will be held on Wednesday 30 September, 10 am to 4 pm hosted by Atkins at its offices in Birmingham.

News

Cities and towns across Europe and further afield can now register their participation in European Mobility Week 2015. This year will be celebrated under the theme of multimodality, as represented by the slogan “Choose. Change. Combine.” Last year’s EMW saw citizens from 2,013 cities in 44 countries explore the benefits of embracing sustainable mobility.

The Marketing Manager is a new position for Go Travel Solutions and key to its growth strategy. Reporting to the Managing Director, the role will be supported by an already established Marketing Co-ordinator. Deadline for applications: 14 August 2015

Events

Cycle to Work Day is a national event, which aims to encourage everyone to take to two wheels and cycle to work for just one day. To truly fulfil our aims and see a million people regularly cycle commuting by 2021 we need you to get in the saddle with Cycle to Work Day and encourage your colleagues, friends and family to give cycling a go.

Following the success of the UK’s National Cycle Challenge, Love to Ride is now working with local authorities, businesses and Business Travel Networks across the UK on ‘Ride to Work Week’ – running from Monday 7 to Sunday 13 September 2015.

Sustrans will be running a webinar on Thursday 17 September 2015, 2.30-3.30pm (GMT) so that delegates can gain an understanding of the different elements to successful personalised travel planning and the depth involved in delivery. The webinar will also include an introduction to the PTP-Cycle project, results achieved by partner cities so far, and information on mentoring services that are being offered through the project.

This workshop in Manchester on 21 September 2015 is designed to improve transparency by providing an insight into how economic appraisal of active travel schemes is conducted by the DfT and LEPs. The information gained will help improve your funding proposals for walking and cycling initiatives.

Organised by the UCL Transport Institute, this free event is designed to enable practitioners to benefit from the latest relevant academic research on on travel behaviour change. The event brings together leading academics working in the field to share and discuss their findings. In addition to their talks, there will be ample time for audience participation.

The first Haringey Cycling Conference will be held on Thursday 24 September. The conference will focus on how to increase cycling using a range of different measures. The organisers are offering a special early bird ticket of only £20 for a limited time, so buy your ticket today!